Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-05-20

tional church for years and person who
enjoyed the respect of all who knew
him. Two of his grandsons, George
and edward Stone graduated at the U. V.
NJ with honor two years ago and a
! younger grandson is now II student there.
In his younger days Mr.. Stone was promi-
nent i'll militia circles and when Gen. La
fayette visited Burlington and laid the
corner stone of the U. " NJ. it was Capt.
stones company of cavalry composed of
men from Cambridge, Underhill and
jericho that occupied prominent place
! IN the grand procession. The funeral VIII
took place from the house Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock, Rev. j. II. Babbtt ofllci-
| atlng. Swanton has lost many old and
prominent citizens during the past two
years.
The steamer Maquam is doing a large
business, particularly in freight .... The
| funeral of the late Henry Stone was quite
largely attended Saturday afternoon. ......
o. NJ Gallup, who went into insolvency
recently, has met with another severe re
verse his barns, lumber sheds and 100
harnesses at Victory having been destroy
ell by fire Saturday night This is total
loss as the insurance expired only few
weeks ago. Gallup was the contractor
that finished the Lamoille Valley rail
road. He built the Hotel Champlaln and
for the past three wears has been eXten
sively engaged in lnmbering at Victory,
where he had 1000 acres of land. Last
winter he contracted to haul from the
woods an enormous quantity of lumber
for G.. H. Stevens 6; Co. This called for u
force of 100 horses and i50 men. The
large amount of snow that fell made team
ing almost impossible and Mr.. Gallup
often paid $40 a day for having the roads
cleaned out. He was unable to carry out
mis- contract and the men aud horses had
to be provided for just the same. Gallup
had just adjusted his affairs with his
Fnd t.NrG Il To
when fire comes to destroy what little he
had left. .. Rev. j. II. Babbitt is engag-
ed to deliver the Memorial Day address at
Wells River.
WatervilIe.
! Frank Chase has moved into his house
that he bought of j. l.. Holmes. .....L Levi
,, Patterson of Fairfield has moved into the
house vacated by Chase. The town
voted to exempt the improvements on the
Laraway mills at the town meeting, Sat,
. urday -. H. n. Leach is repairing and
! painting his place up in fine style. ....H.
. l.. Beard cut his left hand fearfully on a
+ circular saw in LAraway's mill, Friday
, ...... DR.. Atwater of Burlington was call
ed to town on Friday to attend Mrs. DR..
o Hulburd who is quite sick and under The
treatment of DR.. Morgan of Cambridge.
= Butter offerings wete small, Saturday
o with IS cents as the ruling price. -. "A
| horse belonging to Oliver Frank broke
e leg, Friday, on the New Haven road
s and had to be killed. The large add
e ton to Growers liveryis nearly completed
= NJ. w. Wilson expects to Supern
a tend his poultry yard the coming summer
q leaving his interest IN the Herald to b'
S looked after by the remainder of the firm
He is steadily improving in health. ....,
f. W. Nash and Miss j. f. Hall have
, forr- ed a co partnership and will carry OIL
u the store formerly owned by G. f. Smith
!. 4 The open air concert given Saturda.
u evening by the Citizens band attracted 1
> large crowd. 1t is understood that th'
y, Bristol cornet band will make its first ap
{ pearance this season, next Saturday eve
:, ming . 1t is rumored that a new blocl
! will be erected west of Holly hall this sea
a son. .A game of base ball was played
). Friday between the Pointers and Wood
4 workers of the Bristol Manufacturing
u , company, resulting in favor of the latte
! , by a score of 66 to 29..... Services wer,
/ held in all the churches Sunday, the at
L tendance at all being large. The w
c. Z. L. meet in the Baptist church YES
d try, Wednesday afternoon. .....The feel
d ing over incorporation has been decided.
u warm the past week ....W w. X. Peak
= returned Friday from an extended west
ern trip. Trade is good in this villae
> at present.. Eggs are worth only II
cents dozen in this place.
Y NOrth ferrlsDurSh,
II Mr.. George James placed II barrel of ap
h pies in the basement of his barn, late las
E. fall and carefully covered them with corn
e stalks. Last week he took them ont ant
e found them fresher than if kept in Gel
n lar E. Mr.. George Iott has potatoes III
= in his garden. ..... The sacramental ser
/ vice last Sunday was well attended ant
q profitable. intoxicating drink Is sol'
|, in five different places and by more thai
< that number of persons in this part of tn
IS township Mr.. Joseph Fonda ha
h bought Il house in the Hollow, and Is hav
n ing it moved to the site of the one burned
L on his place i'll Charlotte ..... The school
e are all doing well in this vicinity ant
much satisfaction is given to their pa
lr irons. Through special effort of Mrs
4 f. Daniels fine new carpet has gone int
y the parsonage for the dining room...:.
e Arrangements for Children's Day are be
W ing already made.
= Montpelier.
e Col. j. H. Lucia will deliver the addres
le at Bethel on Memorial Day. Jane
e Spelling is very ill and no hopes of his re
" coyory are entertained ..... Mrs. Arthu
y Pennett left for Illinois last Tuesday -.
IS George Milo went to Boston last Tuesda.
E. and Mr.. H. f. Hill to Concord. n. H,....
" Charles + Silver has gone to Manchester
n n. H., where he has got a job TO do som
E. teaming. Thomas A. Mahoney ha
g been appointed a transfer mail clerk be
n tween st. Albans and ST. Armand ant
z has entered upon his duties. This ap
IA pointment has caused good deal of sur
A. prise in the place where Mahoney Is wei
d known George Scrbner is building
.r an addition to his shop to be used as
az tenement and store house. The ban(
A. gave an outdoor concert last Monday eve
a ming There are several cases of scar
II let fever in town......A pair OF horses
It owned by j. V. Morrow and hitched Il
L. his truck wagon became frightened at th
n depot last Tuesday and ran away, slight.
n demolshing the wagon. .....F. V, Kan
g dali wl.o has recently figured conspicu
l. ously in town on account of his love o
1t rum and who caused such reign of ter
le ror on the reportorial staff of the ATgu
Ie and Wdtchmun has left town and no ON
" regrets his departure.
is pIIram Atkins has new stenographe
in the person of Miss Gorden OF Boston
e, 1t is hoped that she and Hiram Will har
1, moniza batter than he and his fOrme